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As Maryland's men's basketball team has settled into the top 10 this week, there has become some consensus among the bracketheads that the Terps would slot in as a No. 3 seed if the NCAA tournament began today.

With that in mind, let's take a glance at the teams that are being predicted to land on the No. 14 line by various projections. This list should give a sense of the type of opponent the Terps will face when they play their first NCAA tournament game under Mark Turgeon on March 19 or 20.

But keep in mind that these are teams that will need to take care of business in their respective conference tournaments in order to make it to the Dance.

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